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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07

CHARLES SUMMERS private secretary,
Arnold B. johnson, speaks of the
great statesman's sweet tooth in a cur
rent magazine article. Sumner was
especially fond of chocolate creams,
and held that as long as he could eat
candy his digestion was in good order.
He never smoked, and never tasted of
whisky but once.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07

One of the most prodigious engineer
ing projects now on the tapis is that for
tunneling the Rocky Mountains under
Trays Peak, which rises no less than
| IA, Al feet above the level of the sea.
1t is stated that 4, AL feet below the
peak, by tunneling from east to west
for $4,000 feet direct communication
would be opened between the valleys
on the American slope and those on the
Pacific side. This would shorten the
distance between Denver in Colorado
and Salt Lake City in Utah, and con-
sequently the distance between the
Missouri River, say at st. Louis, and
San Francisco, nearly 300 miles, and
there would be little more required in
the way of ascending or descending or
tunneling mountains. Part of the
work has already been accomplished.
The country from the Missouri to the
foot of the Rockies rises gradually in
rolling prairie until an elevation is
reached OF 5000 feet above the sea
level. The Rockies themselves rise at
various places to a hight exceeding
1000 feet. OF the twenty most famous
passes only seven are below 10000
feet, while five are upwards OF 10000,
and one is $4,000 feet. The point from
which it is proposed to tunnel is sixty
miles west from Denver, and although
one of the highest peaks, it is by far
the narrowest in the great backbone Of
the American continent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07

AN innovation has been made within
n year OF two in the style Of hose worn
by certain class Of New Workers. The
change is not one Of quality but of form.
It consists in providing a pocket for
each toe, after the fashion of a glove.
This makes the regular "digitated"
hose, but there is also a "one-toed"
style, made like mitten, with sep
arate pocket for the great toe. Lead
ing dealers say that MANY Of these
stockings are sold.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07

M. NAoUET, who was arrested for
Selling his opponents sword in re-
cent duel and then wounding him, has
finally been condemned to two months
Imprisonment and fine OF $50 francs,
with an additional sentence Of paying
l franc damages to his antagonist.
The court could not legally condemn
him as duelist, and the charge on
which he was tried and convicted was
assault and battery.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07

Forty years ago there died in Padua
the physician and chemist, G.. b. Masse-
daglia, who had succeeded in petrify-
ing several animal bodies, which he be-
queathed to the university museum.
TO his will he had attached sealed
letter containing the secret of his
method Of petrifaction, which was only
to be divuleed to his legal heirs. Until
recently all search for the heirs Of DR..
Massedaglia remained fruitless, but
they have at last been discovered and
are offered very large sums for the Sc
cret, which, however, they refuse to
disclose for the present.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07

DANIEL SPEAKER, President of the
Mohawk River Bank at Fonda, N. Y,
is probably the oldest bank president
in this country. He has held his pres
ent position since the bank was founded
in 1885. He is now 80 years of age,
and is in a very precarious state of
health. He has been blind and deaf
for some years, but attended to his
duties at the bank up to a few days
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07

Ten or twelve of the chief cities of
the West and South were founded by
Canadians-a fact of Importance, the
memory of which has been preserved
by M. Joseph Tasse, of this city, in his
valuable work entitled "Les Canadiens
de IOuest." Detroit owes it's rise to
Lamothe-C Cadillac, Duluth to Dulude,
Dubuque to a pioneer of the same
name, st. Joseph, Mo, to Robidoux,
St. Louis to Laclede-Liguest. Calves
ton to Bienville, Mobile and New Or
leans to Iberville, and Chicago, st.
Paul, Louisville, and Vincennes to Ca
madam settlers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07

ARMAND CARREL, to whom monu-
ment has just been erected at Rouen,
had stormy career. He was advent
urous from the moment that he left
st. Cyr until he was shot by Emil de
Girardin, who swore on the tomb of
his adversary never to fight duel
again. When fighting in Spain in the
Foreign Liberal Legion, which was
composed of Frenchmen and Italians,
the Colonel, an Italian, thought he saw
the French waver, and said so. "You
lie," retortad Carrel, and charged with
his men like maniac A year after
ward he was tried by court-martial and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07
dent, when he was carried out of the
court by soldiers.

Mr.. john GRAY, who lives four miles
from Byron, Ca, happened to have the
good fortune to find several hundred
dollars in gold, which had been hidden
away perhaps for years in the seat of
an old invalid chair in his possession.
The money fell out while he was trying
to repair the seat of the chair. 1t was
wrapped in pieces of paper. When
Mr.. Taylor died his brother, Mr.. James
Taylor, the administrator of the estate,
believing that the old chair would
bring nothing at the sale, gave it to Mr..
John Gray, who is very poor and has
been cripple, unable to work, all his
life,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07

In Duxbury, Mass, there lives in q
lonely old house most interesting
character. Capt. John Alden, a man
of "a, is the only occupant. He is able
to trace his descent through seven gen
.erations back to John Alden, who
eame over in the Mayfower. The
house in which he lives was built in
16S3
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07

A PROMINENT lawyer of Bridgeport,
Conn.,, whose sedentary habits and lib
eral diet had increased his weight to
$50 pounds, found an effective anti-fat
specific in the form of walking, whereby
he reduced his surplus to the extent Of
forty-two pounds within few months.
At first it required good deal Of en-
ergy to overcome such an amount of
inertia; but gradually it became an
easy and delightful task to walk ten OF
twelve miles day. And his head was
clearer on account of the exercise.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07

;, THERE IS evidently great deal to
pc learned about women" saws Ph;la.
delphia Editor. There is, indeed and
the best way to learn it is to ask some
osaer woman about iA-Somerpiue
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07

coined in e Bohemian valley called
Foachimsthal. 1t was under Charles
", the Emperor of Germany, King of
Spain, and Lord Of Spanish America,
that the German thaler became the
coin of the world.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07

IT is claimed that Portland, Oregon,
is the third richest city in the world
per capita The population of the city
is estimated at from $4,000 to 10000.
There are twenty business houses hav-
ing q capital of 81, 100000 and upwards.
Houses rented at $4,000 and upwards
represent an investment Of $1,000, 900
upon the basis of the lowest rating in
each case. A conservative estimate of
the annual wholesale trade places it at
S60,000,00o. The aggregate capital of
the banks is Sc, 742514.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07

FERD WARD has given his opinion of
the operations of young Mr.. Ives in
Wall street. Ward was seen in Sing
Sing the other day by an acquaintance,
and when asked what he thought of
Ives graciously replied: well, he's o
Imdandy, he is"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07

DOES any man wound tlNs ,ho,lg
only forgive. but work into Wy yin ID
intelligence Of the Kind OF p' ono.b
thou mayst never inascs 1t OIL 'D
spirit
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-07

MEN Love to hear of their power. bat
have s0 extreme disrehsh TO bs told
their Aasy.-Burk>.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-03

reduce the wages ot operatives Id the
East 10 per cent how must it affect
the operatives in the West? !? The en-
ployes o! shoe factories. whose wages
have been reduced IRON 20 to p per
cent during the past five years, should
| look about for the cause. and when they
do, it will DE traced to the convict con-
| tract labor tChtch GOrefHni' F0rdker is de-
termined shall eriSi ia Tie Ohio penitentiary
IN rioidtion Of lar.
There are men employed in other in
dustries affected by this convict con-
tract labor, for they make harness and
saddlery, hardware, stoves, carriage
goods ETC., in the Ohio Penitentiary
What the labOring men of this State
must do is rise above the plan OF par
tisan politics and vote for the party
that is endcavor. .ng to ameliovate their
condition.
Vote for yourself, your home and
your family. and do it by voting against
convict contract laborl
The evils Of the system can be over
come in Ohio, as they have been in
New Jersey, New York. Illinois, Cali
fornia, Pennsylvania ami other states.
| The laboring men must demand a re-
lease from this burden, for under the
present management it is apparent to
any one that the laboring classes are
contributing the money required to run
the Ohio Fenitentiary. 1t is wrested
from their pockets by reduction in
wages, the direct result OF the perni-
cious contract system. In view ofthese
| Ia IS, will the workingmen OF Ohio vote
to continue the Republican party in
power?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-03


restored health from ether sections, is
Eddie's almost uniform observation.
A visit to the Mormon temple, "ca-
pable of seating l0,00C," and a chat
with the faithful. among the number
one who is orthodox in the belief that
"it is not good that the man should
be slone," having eight wives "seal-
ed to him, were among the events
of stop off in the city Of the Saints.
There was conference of the faith
full, numbering $1,000 In attendance,
at the time of his visit. From Salt
Lake City to Ogden continuation of
grandeur aud beauty in scenery is en-
joyed, bis letter closing with a ride
down the mountain in the night, rs
his last experience before reaching
that city, at which point he closes his
very interesting sketch.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-03
Ara You Rsads.

The day of battle draws nigh, On
Tuesday next the issue is to be deci-
ded as between rulers and officials
whose political creed and party af1ili-
ton is grounded upon the elevation Of
the few at the expense of the many,
whose greed ana arrogance know no
bounds, and rulers and officials whose
political creed and sympathies are
manifested in wise, just and patriot
ic adherence to the principle that gov
ernment is of and for the people. Let
no uncertain verdict be rendered by
reason of your neglect to cast your
ballot In favor Of equality and justice
to all. Let the result of the contest
be emphatic in rebukipg the leaders
who seek to prostitute the government
to only a means of Strengthening the
caste and sectional legislation to which
they are wholly committed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-03
THANK SGIVIG,

Thursday, Novcm ber "a. Appoint.
ed by President Cleveland rs n
Day OF Tha O ksgivtng aud prayer
10 be Observed by All the People
of the Land.
The goodness and the mercy of God
which have followed the American
people during all the days of the past
year claim their grateful recognition
and humble acknowledgment. By
His Omnipotent power He has pro
tected us from war and pestilence and
from every national calamity; by His
gracious favor the earth has yielded q
generous return to the labor of the
husbandman, and every path of hon,
est toll has led to comfort and content.
msnt; by His loving kindness the
hearts of our people have been replen-
ished with fraternal sentiment and
patriotic endeavor, and by His uper-
ring guidance we have been directed
in tie way of national prosperity.
To the end that we may, with one
accord, testify our gratitude for all
these blessings, I, Grover Cleve.
land, President of the United States,
do hereby designate and set apart
Thursday, the Oath day of November
next, as a day of thanksgiving and
prayer, to be observed by all the peo
pie of the land. On this day let all
secular work aud employment be sus
pended; and let our people assemble
in their accustomed places Of worship
and with prayer aud songs Of praiss
give thanks to the Heavenly Father
for all that He has done for US, while
we humbly 1mplore the forgiveness oI
our sins and . continu&ace of His
mercy.
Let family and kindred be united
on that day, and let their hearts. filled
with kindly cheer aud affecti0naIe
"reminiscences, be turned in thanh kful-
ness to the Source of all their pleasure
and the Giver of all that makes the
day glad and joyous.
And in the midst of our people and
our happiness, let US remember the
poor, the needy and unfortunate, and
by our gifts Of charity and benevolence
let us increase the number of those
who with grateful hearts shall join IN
our Thanksgiving.
In witness thereof, have set my
hand and caused the seal of the Uni
! ted States to be hereunte affixed.
Done aG the city Of Washington this
25th day of October. in the year o.
our Lord 1887, and of the indepen'
dence of the United States the one
hundred and twelfth.
GROVER CLEVELAND,
BY the President.
THOMAS F. BAYARD,
Secretary of State.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-03

" concealed. tlsd i Il different from iilo.
Juy 1886 the falsely ailcge republican
vearl which is shoNii. Herein lies the
fraud, and a.so iii. governor disgrace.
Any one who will take the trouble to
consult the annual reports OF any OF the
state institutions, will see at glance
that two dit:erent sets of figures are
given for the average number OF in
mates, namely, the daily average num-
Der ION the register" and the daily
average number actually in the insti-
tuition" The former OF these Two num-
bers is usually much the larger. AS an
illustration, let us take the Asylum for
the Insane at Columbus.
For the yer 1857. the average num-
Der reported ION the register" is $50,
while the average number actually in
the asylum is only 33a.
For the wear IS ; the former number
was 902, and the latter So
Now for the per capita cost.
1t will be evident to any schOolboy
that when the total expenses of the insti-
tuition are divided by the larger num-
Der, the product is correspondingly
smaller, and ,icr rsrso.
Now what does our willy and rnscrur-
uIous governor do in order to tru pnpa a
showing OF economy for himself? When
he goes to work to construct his table,
which he has the unpar 'llelel audacitv
to assure an unsuspecttng pahlic ''is
absolutely accurate" He takes for his
divisnr the larger number for 1856, and
the smaller for 1881, and by this infam-
Gus iugele produces the apparently
enormous saving of Sll0T per capita
for the alleged year OF his aduinlstra-
ton.
And he does this not merely in a
single case, but in every instance out OF
=
the thirteen.
VI hat shall we say of the chief maris-
trate OF great state who resorts 10 su, h
a hare-facea and contemplate trick as
this?
Ordinarily, one would think that man
that could be guilty OF such perversion
OF Official lacts out of the mere desire
10 be r. elected to an Office, would ii
the orcas;oa were favorable AMI lhera
were hope OF escaping detection. steal a
horse or rob Il church. lie a0u!d csi-
ai,,iy Ird,ai.ttrniiq substitute one ehaf!I
.nn,tgage tn,. d"Oti,sr, II he ito.tyit d to his
ps,S0a0t airantage as ia attorney to do So
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-03
Serpent Mound.

A dispatch from Hillsboro says
For some time Prof. Putnam, of Yale
College, and family, with a company
of trusty workman, have been en-
camped ut the Serpent Mound, bought
for the Peabody Institute. This great
relic of by gone race lie situated in
Adams county, fifteen miles soutn-
east of HillsborO. The great serpent
has been restored where damaged, the
grounds around dug up and prepared
fer the establishment of park, which
is to be beautitied with trees, etc., anu
laid ont with sinuous walks. A fence
mas been erected all around these
grounds with turnstiles.
In carefully digging up hillock ten
skeletons We're discovered. All of them
have been sent to Peabody Institute.
Near the surface We're the bones Of a
woman and child. The little ones
skull alone remained nearly intact
out the larger skeleton Was in gOoa
shape except the feet, which were
missing.
The parties who have secured Ser
pent Mound are trying to purchase
another great relic Of the Mound
Builders, called Fort Hill, near Sink
ing spring, in highland county about
seventeen miles east OF Hillsboro,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-03

SHE HIT THE MARK.

Governor Foraker had the great pleas
ure the other day, after having attended
the reunion OF the seth. o. V. !. at
Georgetown, OF finding that his own esti-
mate of himself was shared by at least
one other person. The Commercial Ga
seite gives the following account of the in
cident:
At all the stations on the line the youthful
looking Governor has 10 come Sxs e1 Lhs plat
form OF the car AMI >r.-K 81 sABfs uNk the sTeat
crowd. At AmelIa =, sh seAs,ol csEdysa we're
1T the depot. He o.-,k rs IS wish tEsu all.
Due bright-eyc,l prtSty saea itAie ysjSs ,tIEtled
Tire Gioyenor. lsu'vs ali gosas aswa 70 4e7 me,
have you.' sat1 as wAaa ne bad shAkea them
lli hv the hAn4.
'-Yeth" li*tea ths ifssfs z&s r.sszy d to,
"%e come dU~- to 
 sLe Gssasost man
living"
This must have been hiissful moment
for Little Breeches.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-03
FREEDOM,

Correspondence.
Mr.. Hiram Robinson is visiting his
daughter in Akron.
Mrs. Will Norris spent the Sabbath
with her sister in-law. Mrs. f. B
Fowler.
Mrs. Ora FRI zier was called 10 the
death bed Of her little ueice last Friday
Mrs. Elvira Dinsmore has been Wis
iting in tawn.
The Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs
sara Moore's last week, it being the
last meeting for the year. The officer,
for the coming year are: Mrs. Sage
Pres; Mrs. Sechler, Vice Pres Mics
Hattie Moore, Sec; Miss Mary Norris
Treas Mrs. Frazier, Mrs. Derthlck
and Mrs. Moore, Committee
Mr.. Coleman Young is clerking q
J. B. Harrison's store.
Mr.. Atwell Bryant and family wen
to Bavenna Saturday to see Blinky
Morgan.
Miss Grace Niles was the guest o
Mrs. o. d. Olds Sunday.
Mr.. G. Ingersoll. of Mentor, is visit
ing his niece, Mrs. w. A. Moore.
RUSTIC.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-03

Mr.. and Mrs Elihu Fish, of Edin
burgh, left via the N Y so, Wed.
nesday evening of lsst week. for Sac
rsmento, CAL. They have been resi-
dents Of Edinburgh for over fifty years
and were among the best and most
substantial citizens of that townsh ip
aud their removal is regretted by theil
many friends in this county. They
were accompanied by their son, Chas
Fish and wife, Mr.. Will. Myers ant
wife, of Atwater, w. F. Merwin anC
wife, Chss. Buckley aud Will. Evans
, If Palmyra.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-03

Report of the Beech Woods School
District No. 1, Raven ma, for the Fal
Term
Number enrolled 29.
Neither absent nor tardy-Perln Vair. Willie
Sharp.
Absent but tnottardy-Minnis Armstrong, Jen.
ME Armstrong. Mabel Ball. Emma French. Alec
Vair. George Richardson. George Croop. Johnn,
Armstrong, Bertie Kingsbury. Frank Croop.
Those having a general average above 20 pei
cent.-Della Armstrong, 81. Amy Sperry 49, Miu.
ME Armstrong 81. Emma French 49, Lima Vair so
Ollie Walker 70. Lawrence Vair Sc, Ford Wither
ell r. Alec. Vair Il. Pera Vair ss. George CreoE
y. Willie Walker IS. Willie Sharpe IS. Henr,
Skilton IS. James Crook II.
MISS SARAH c. MARVIN, Teacher.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-03

The present Democratic administra-
fien has reclaimed 81 900. 900 acres OF
land which the Republican party al
lowed speculators to steal. This large
territory. divided into l60-aere farms,
amounts to 1913, $50 separate tracts. suf-
ficient to maintain III average sized
families, population of 1,000, 800 far.
mers.
This is the record. This is what a
Democratic administration has done
In two years. The whole political
history of the Republican party does
not show the reciaimation of one acre
of the public domain illegally given
to speculators. Indeed, the Repubii
can party was not in that kind of bu
siness. 1t was working the other side.
Its record is that of wholesale jobbery
of the public lands.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-03
L, Consum ption Incurableo

Read the following; Mr.. e. H.
Norris, Newark, Ark. says: "Was
down with abcess of lungs, and friends
and physicians pronounced me an
incurable Consumptive. Bagan taking
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, am now on my third bottle.
and able to oversee the work on my
farm. 1t is the finest medicine ever
made"
Jesse M,ddlewart, Decatur Ohio,
says 4" Had it not been for DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption /
would have died of lung troubles. Was
given up by doctors. Am now in best
of health" Try it. Sample bottles
free at q. p. Reeds drug store.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-03

IF Powell did not pay his land tag
and it became delinquent, no one " ss
hurt except Powell. The State had a
lien upon his land and was safe. Mr.
Powell is clearly not q millionaire. If
he were he would not be paying tag
penalties. He Is probably q poor man,
but that is not crime, and it Is poor
business to use mans poverty as an
argument against him. Powell may,
or may not be, the best man for Gov
erpor, but the small amount OF money
he can command ought not TO be taken
into the account of his ability, ipteg.
ritv and fidelity. To make money the
test of official fitness. the boedler and
fayorite of class legislation would take
first rank among candidates.-lCleve.
Hand Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-03

SECRETARY WHITNEY. under per
enptory advice of his physician, has
gone to Lennox for needed and impef-
ative rest and relaxation from the
mental and physical strain which the
duties of his Office impose upon him
aggravating severe and troublesome
headaches to which he has been sub.
ject during the past year,